Atlantic lizard

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| name = Atlantic lizard

| image = GallotiaAtlantica.jpg

| image_caption = Gallotia atlantica atlantica

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| genus = Gallotia

| species = atlantica

| authority = (Peters & Doria, 1882)

| synonyms =

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Jose Antonio Mateo Miras, Valentin Pérez-Mellado, Iñigo Martínez-Solano |date=2009 |title=Gallotia atlantica |volume=2009 |page=e.T61500A12492064 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61500A12492064.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

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The Atlantic lizard (Gallotia atlantica) is a species of lizards in the family Lacertidae.

It is endemic to the eastern Canary Islands Lanzarote and Fuerteventura and the smaller islands surrounding them.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, rocky shores, sandy shores, arable land, pastureland, and rural gardens.

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